Combination stool



May 15, 1945. I D 2,375,819

COMBINATION STOOL Filed Sept. 5, 1941 Summer EDWARD S. REID Qttornegatente May 15, 1 945 COMBINATION STOOL Edward S. Reid, Charlotte, N. 0.

Application September 5, 1941, Serial No. 409,617

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a stool and more particularly to an improvedutility type of combination stool having a flexible seat portion, and adepending kit portion for holding various articles such as gardeningtools, clothes, gun shells, etc.

The stool of my invention is light weight, collapsible, and easilycarried by a hunter, gardener. or nurse for use as a seat during theiroccupation or rest periods and is especially useful as a convenientmeans of holding and carrying the usual articles connected with theirwork or avocation.

I have found this stool to be of exceptional usefulness when shootingbirds such as ducks and doves, that require the hunter to wait longperiods of time in one place and to carry a number of shot gun shells.The flexible seat portion of the stool, which may be made of fabric,leather or the like, provides a comfortable seat and the kit portion ofthe stool contains separate, sizable pockets that will accommodate theshells, dead birds, and other hunters supplies.

A feature of the kit portion of my stool is that substantially theentire space underneath the seat portion and extending down to the lowerpart of the stool is made available for housing and carrying the varioustypes of articles mentioned above or other articles. The surface area ofthis portion may be several times as large as the seat portion but yetis entirely out ofthe way and does not interfere with the desiredcomfortable use of the seat portion. The depending, collapsible, kitportion may be made 'of the same or different material as the seatportion and may be connected therewith by stitching, adhesive, staplingor any other suitable means.

Some of the novel features of my invention are set forth withparticularity in the appended claims; the mode of construction and useof my invention will be more clearly understood from the followingdetailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawingthat illustrates a typical but non-limiting embodiment of the inventionand in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the stool shown in seating position;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is an isometric view of the stool in collapsed position for easeof carrying.

Referring now to the several figures in the drawing, the stool comprisesin thisembodiment a seat portion Ill made of fabric such as canvas.duck, or similar strong, wear resisting materials. The seat portion I0is suitably fastened to the supporting legs I! which consist of a pairof rectangular shaped members l2 and I3 made of wood, metal or othersuitable materials. The legs are pivotally joined as indicated at H, ata point located at approximately the center of the members l2 and i3.Handles l5 which may be made of the same material as the seat portion IDare provided for carrying the stool; and when these handles are pulledtogether or toward each other the supporting frame portions [2 and 43approach a single parallel position and the stool thereby collapses intoan easily transportable form as indicated in Figure 3.

The depending kit portion of the stool is indicated generally at I6.This kit portion may be made in rectangular, triangular or any otherdesired general shape so long as it will depend or hang from the seatportion l0 and stay out of the way of the seat portion, and away fromthe legs of the person sitting on the stool. In practice I have foundthat the substantially triangular shape indicated in the drawing is veryuseful and convenient to handle. As suggested, however, this portion maybe made more oval or more rectangular if desired,

The kit portion l6 of the stool in the embodiment shown is connected tothe seat portion III by stitching, indicated at H, along the edges ofthe seat portion. The preferred arrangement for connectingthe kitportion to the seat portion is shown more in detail in Figure 2 whereinit will be noted that the end of the seat portion l0 extendssubstantially completely around the cross member of the supporting frame13 and overlaps, as shown at [8, the connecting edge 19 of the portion2| which forms one side of the kit l6. By stitching through the edges l8and I9 and the edge of the seat portion ID in the arrangement shown atHA in Figure 2, the seat portion and the kit portion of the stool aresecurely joined together and anchored around the support [3. The samearrangement is of course employed at the other edge of the seat portionIII with respect to the supporting member l2.

The kit portion I6 of my stool may, as indicated in the drawing, be madein three main pieces; that is, two sides or end pieces 20 and onecontinuous piece of material 2| that extends from one top cross memberof the support l2 around to the corresponding top cross member of thesupport 13. This portion 2| is fastened to each end portion 20 by meansof stitching as shown at 22. It is also fastened to the seat portion Illby means of stitching A as described above.

The end portions 20 are also fastened to the seat portion by stitchingalong the outer edges thereof as indicated at 23.

The depending kit I8 is provided with several sizable pockets forreceiving the articles described above. For example, one side of thekithas a pocket 24 shown in Figure 3. This pocket is formed by means ofan extra piece of fabric 25 which is stitched to the longer fabricportion 2| along the side edges thereof as indicated at 25A and alsoalong the bottom edge thereof as indicated at 26.

The other side of the kit is provided with two or more pockets 2'! and28 which are formed by an extension of the same piece of fabric 25referred to above and are separated by means of stitching along the lineindicated at 29. Ifhis extension is also stitched along the edges 30.

The largest compartment in the kit and which utilizes substantially theentire volume formed by the side and end portions described above ismade available by means of an opening shown at 3|. This opening may beprovided with a zipper shown at 32 or with other closing means. Thiscompartment of the kit is sufficient in size to accommodate articles ofclothing for hunters or nurses, or for dead birds.

Various modifications and changes maybe made in the above describedstool without departing from the scope of my invention, some of thenovel features of which are defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A collapsible combination stool and kit ba structure, comprising apair of crossed pivotally connected frames'having top bars, a fabricseat having its end edges fixedly secured to the top bars of the frames,a depending bag secured to said seat, said bag comprising fabric sidewalls secured at their upper edges to the side edges of the seat, and anelongated fabric. strip forming in continuity the end and bottom wallsof the ba'g, said strip being secured at its upper edges to the endedges of the seat and along its side edges to the adjacent edges of theside walls of the bag, and an access opening in a depending wall portionof the bag.

2. A collapsible combination stool and kit bag structure, comprising apair of crossed pivotally connected frames having top bars, a fabricseat having its end edges fixedly secured to the top bars of the frames,a depending bag secured to said seat, said bag comprising generallytriangular fabric side walls secured at their upper edges to the sideedges of the seat, and a fabric strip forming in continuity the endwalls and bottom of the bag, said strip being secured at its upper edgesto the end edges of the seat and along its side edges to the adjacentedges of the side walls of the bag, and an access opening in a dependingwall portion of the bag.

3. A collapsible combination stool and kit bag structure, comprising afoldable supporting structure including a pair of frames each having atop bar and the frames being connected for collapsibility' with theirtop bars spread apart in use. a fabric seat having its end edges fixedlysecured to the top bars of the frames, 9. depending bag secured to saidseat, said bag comprising fabric side walls secured at their upper edgesto the side edges of the seat, and an elongated fabric strip forming incontinuity the end and bottom walls of the bag, said strip being securedat its upper edges to the end edges of the seat and along its side edgesto the adjacent edges of the side walls of the bag, and an accessopening in 9. dependin wall portion of the bag.

I EDWARD S. REID.

